39 Radiodiagnostic specialists appointed in the closing of the SESPA competition

The Health Service of the Principality of Asturias (SESPA) has appointed permanent statutory personnel in the category of Area Specialist Physician in Radiodiagnosis for the candidates who passed the competitive examination called for 43 positions. The decision was adopted by the Management Directorate of the organization via a resolution dated October 29, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias (BOPA) no. 216, of November 9, 2026, reference Code 2026-09073. The annex to the resolution lists 39 appointments along with their destinations.

The call stems from the resolution of April 29, 2025, of the Management Directorate of SESPA (BOPA of May 14, 2025), which established 43 positions corresponding to the public employment offers of 2022, 2023, and 2024: 41 via the open access-general quota and 2 via the internal promotion-general quota. The legal basis invoked is Article 20 of Law 55/2003, of December 16, of the Framework Statute of statutory personnel of health services, together with its Article 32, Article 31 of Decree 68/1989, of May 4, and Article 128.3 c) of the Health Law of the Principality of Asturias 7/2019, of March 29.

From the tribunal’s proposal to the choice of position

Upon conclusion of the selection process, the Qualifying Tribunal submitted to the Directorate of Professionals the proposal for the appointment of the candidates who passed. The nominees submitted the required documentation, and it was verified that they meet the requirements of the call.

The selection of the offered positions was formalized through a resolution of the Directorate of Professionals dated October 16, 2026 (BOPA of October 23, 2026), which made public the list of positions to be awarded and the selection procedure. That list included 41 positions, as the 2 for general internal promotion were not accumulated in accordance with base 1.2 of the call.

Distribution of the awarded destinations

The annex to the resolution, headed as the appointment of permanent statutory personnel in the FEA category of Radiodiagnosis, distributes the destinations by health area and demarcation:

• Health Area II, Oviedo demarcation: 19 positions, including those of Laura García Suárez, Begoña Palomo Antequera, Marta Morán Hevia, Íñigo Noval Tuñón, and Pablo Noriega Menéndez.
• Health Area III, Gijón demarcation: 9 positions, with Ana Isabel Barrio Alonso, Gemma Fernández Suárez, Irene González Ardines, and Jennifer Carolina Barbato Mateos.
• Health Area I, Avilés demarcation: 4 positions, including those of Sandra Sánchez García, Daniel García Pérez, and Carlos Castañeda Cruz.
• Health Area II, Mieres demarcation: 2 positions, for María Luque Cabal and Marta Álvarez García.
• Health Area III, Langreo demarcation: 2 positions, for Vicente Santamaria Pérez and María Covadonga Álvarez Fernandez.
• Health Area I, Jarrio demarcation: 1 position, for Débora Vizcaíno Domínguez.
• Health Area II, Cangas demarcation: 1 position, for Olaya Fernández Nieto.
• Health Area III, Arriondas demarcation: 1 position, for Cristina Suárez Arcay.

One month to take office

The successful candidates must take office at the Health Area Management of the assigned position within one month starting from the day following the publication of the resolution in the BOPA, in accordance with the tenth clause of the call and Article 6 of Decree 50/2019, of June 21. Failure to report for duty attributable to the interested party and without justified cause will result in the forfeiture of the rights derived from their participation in the competition and will nullify the appointment.

Those who already hold a permanent position in another category of statutory personnel may choose, upon taking office, to take a leave of absence to provide services in the public sector in one of them, according to Article 66.1.a) of Law 55/2003; in the absence of an express option, the leave of absence in the original category is understood to be requested. An administrative appeal may be filed against the resolution, which does not exhaust the administrative route, before the Ministry of Health within one month.

The appointment closes a selection process opened in April 2025 and stably reinforces the Radiodiagnosis staff of the SESPA, with particular weight in the Oviedo demarcation, which concentrates 19 of the 39 destinations, and in Gijón, with 9. The effective incorporation of these specialists directly affects the resolution capacity of imaging tests in the hospitals of the central area and in the regions of Avilés, Jarrio, Mieres, Langreo, Cangas, and Arriondas.

Source: Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias, no. 216 of November 9, 2026, Section I. Authorities and Personnel, p. 1 (official reference: Code 2026-09073).